Liu Wei
From Asian Art Documentation
Liu Wei (b.1965 China)
Lives and works in Beijing
image source, Liu Wei Art Studio:[1]
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[edit] Biography
A major artist in the Cynical Realism (Wanshi xianshizhuyi) movement that emerged post 1989, Liu Wei paintings has been seen to characterize the era’s pervasive feeling of malaise. With renowned works such as New Generation (1990), Liu recycles the iconic image of Mao in an ironic interpretation of China’s current post Cultural Revolution state.
[edit] Education
1992 Graduated with bachelor's degree in literature, as a design major, from the Department of Fine Arts, of China Central Academy of Drama.
1995 Completed his studies at the Symposium on the Relationship between Religion and Culture, hosted by the Philosophy Department of the Beijing University.
[edit] Exhibitions
2006
- International Festival Of Documentary Of Madrid
- Cinema du Reel.Centre Pompidou, France
- Between Past and Future House of World Cultures Berlin
- It's All True – 11th International Documentary Film Festival St. Paul
2005
- The City's Skin – Feasibility Research for Contemporary Metropolis Image, Macao
- The International Media Festival, Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Armenia
- International Bochumer video festival, Germany
- IDFA, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- VideoBrasil, International Election Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Hong Kong Independent Short Film Video Awards (ifva) , Hong Kong Arts Centre
2004
- The 8th Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
- Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China International Center of Photography, New York, USA
- World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Fly Utopia!, transmediale.04, Berlin International Art Festival, Berlin, Germany
- Images Festival, Canada's showcase for the innovative edge of international contemporary media art, Canada
- Over One Billion Served: Conceptual Photography from the P. R. China, Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, USA
- Media City festival in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgarter, Germany
2003
- Viper Basel, International Festival for Film, Video and New Media, Basel, Switzerland
- Transitional Electronic City, Contemporary Chinese Art In a Transitional Electronic City,Canada
- AVICON (Asia Videoart Conference) Tokyo, Japan
- VideoBrasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Dokumentarfilm, Videofest in Kassel, Kassel, Germany
- Printemps de septembre, Festival of contemporary images, Toulouse, France
- Lancaster Film and New Media Festival, Lancaster, UK
- 5TH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL G-NIALE STRALSUND, Germany
- Banquete,the Centre of Contemporary Art Palau de la Virreina of Barcelona, Spain
- The Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany
- Medialab Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Electronics Alive II, University of Tampa, USA
2002
- Ten years Media Art Exhibition, International media art award 2002, ZKM, Germany
- IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands
- New York Video Festival, Film Society of Lincoln Center, USA
- LA Freewaves, the Celebration of Experimental Media Arts Biennial Festival, USA
- Vidéochroniques, Vidéogrammes, Marseille, France
- Cement - Marginal Space in Contemporary Art ,Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
- Temporal Being, MICROWAVE International media art festival, HongKong
- VIDEOEX Experimentalfilm, Video Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
- The European Media Art Festival , Osnabrueck, Germany
- “New Urbanism” Contemporary art project, Guang Dong Museum, China
- VIDEOFORMES 2002, France
2001
- EXPERIMENTA MEDIA ARTS Festival, Melbourne, Australia
- The 5th Graz biennial on media and architecture, Austria
- The European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck, Germany
- Veranstaltungswoche der Chinesisch-Deutschen Neuen Medienkunst,Beijing, China
- IV International Biennial of Photography XLI Gaudi Medal, Institut Municipal d'Accio Cultural Reus, Spain
- The 9th New York Digital Salon, Visual Art Museum, School of Visual Art, USA
- Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest, Kassel, Germany
- Fifth International Media Art Festival, Friesland, Nederlands
2000
- The Berlin International Media Art Festival, Berlin, Germany
- The TRANSMEDIA 2000 Video Exhibition, Year01, Toronto, Canada
- DIGITAL 2000, Group Exhibition, USA
- Bourg-la-Reine International Art Exhibition, France
- “WU YU XIN CI”, Mixed Media on Canvas Exhibition, Beijing, China
[edit] External Link
- Liu Wei Art Studio:[2]
- China Art Current:[3]
[edit] References
- China Art Curent, Liu Wei:[4]
